Will they swarm

[csalt]

 I checked my hive today  1 deep full of brood and honey except the end frames and 1 med about 70% full of honey and a little brood. I found 1 capped swarm cell on the bottom of  a frame in the deep box. I added a queen excluder and 1 more med and scraped the queen cell off and stuck it between the frames of another hive that i cant find the queen or eggs but assorted sizes of brood inn. Do you think the hive will swarm or were they just crowded?

[Michael Bush]

I'd have to see the overall state of the hive.  Is it packed with bees?  Is it very populated.  "scraped" doesn't sound very good... "carefully cut" would be better...

[csalt]

Yes it's pretty packed i think, but this is my first hive so i don't have one to compare but from pictures and what i've read on this forum it sounds like it's pretty full. I scraped it with a sharp hive tool but next time i'll cut it with a razor knife.

[Michael Bush]

If there is no room to expand, and bees wall to wall, then it's full and probably planning to swarm.